Week 3 - Read, think and share

Re: Week 3 - Read, think and share

by Anonimo Utente_24490 -
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The call to media literacy is critical in an environment where either state-owned, oligarchic, democratic, personal or social media environments flow into each other and are something that billions of people are exposed to. Learning about tropes - different kinds of stereotypes and prejudices, - their function, ways of exploitation and usage can be vastly beneficial to one's self-perception and thus - the perception of others. I completely agree with you, Greta, that there are harmful representations of women, as well as more finely-tuned and well-targeted representations of *types* of people - i.e., the ruthless businessperson, the homophobic rural person, etc. These kinds of media representations can be studied in schools, companies, community centers and business organizations to dissect the principles of and reasons for the need to generate conflict. Reflections on these topics, I believe, can be quite beneficial to addressing long-held prejudices and stereotypes in many different contexts.